Evaluating outcomes of mine land rehabilitation through ecosystem services

• Grant number: 14/22927-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2015
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mining Engineering
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Luis Enrique Sánchez
• Grantee: Josianne Cláudia Sales Rosa
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/23021-1 - Enhancing and testing the ESAR in a bauxite mine in the Australian context, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The research aims at developing, testing and validating an ecosystems services-based procedure to evaluate land rehabilitation in mining. Current best practice evaluates the results of rehabilitation actions against targets in terms of vegetation growth, plant diversity or soil parameters. The concept of ecosystem services, on the other hand, provides an integrative approach to gauge to what extent restoring ecosystem functions results in improving human well-being. The research will have a conceptual and an empirical component. In the former, international recommendations on good practice for land rehabilitation in mining and for consideration of ecosystem services in decision-making contexts will be compiled and structured in a procedure for assessing land rehabilitation. The empirical component will test the procedure in a bauxite mine in the Amazon where rehabilitation has been monitored for a number of years. Results from both approaches will be compared under the perspective of three key actors, namely mine managers, local community and regulator. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS. Getting to 'agreed' post-mining land use - an ecosystem services approach. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL, v. 36, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2018-01-01. (16/23021-1, 14/22927-1)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS. Getting to `agreed' post-mining land use - an ecosystem services approach. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL, v. 36, n. 3, p. 220-229, 2018. (16/23021-1, 14/22927-1)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; GENELETTI, DAVIDE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; HUGHES, MICHAEL. To what extent can mine rehabilitation restore recreational use of forest land? Learning from 50 years of practice in southwest Australia. LAND USE POLICY, v. 90, JAN 2020. (16/23021-1, 17/10557-3, 14/22927-1)

ROSA, JOSIANNE C. S.; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS; HUGHES, MICHAEL; SANCHEZ, LUIS E.. Planning mine restoration through ecosystem services to enhance community engagement and deliver social benefits. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, v. 28, n. 4, JUN 2020. (16/23021-1, 17/10557-3, 14/22927-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ROSA, Josianne Cláudia Sales. Planning and evaluating mine rehabilitation: a framework based on ecosystem service concept.. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) São Paulo.